yzengji

Albanian

Alternative forms

• zengji, zingji, uzengji, zenji, xengji, zinxhi, zenxhi — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوزنگی (üzengi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yzenˈɟi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

yzengji f (plural yzengji, definite yzengjia, definite plural yzengjitë)

1. stirrup (of a saddle)

   Synonyms: prrashtë, struf

2. (anatomy) stapes, stirrup

   Synonym: stapes

Declension

Declension of yzengji

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	yzengji	yzengjia	yzengji	yzengjitë
accusative		yzengjinë
dative	yzengjie	yzengjisë	yzengjive	yzengjive
ablative			yzengjish

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 2206b
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “yzengjí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 571b
• Meyer, G. (1891), “zenǵī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 482